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Understanding Poverty: A Brokenness That Affects Us All
Have you ever stopped to ponder the question, “What does it mean to be poor?” [ read more ]
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Have you ever stopped to ponder the question, “What does it mean to be poor?” [ read more ]
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When churches try to engage in ministry to be more present in the community, connecting with others can prove to be much more complex than expected. [ read more ]
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Before the fall of humanity, God established four foundational relationships for each person: a relationship with God, self, others, and creation. [ read more ]
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One of the biggest mistakes churches can make in poverty alleviation is to introduce divisions in our work that Scripture doesn’t invite us to make. [ read more ]
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Poverty is a complex issue affecting billions of people around the world. But how we engage the issue of poverty is important. [ read more ]
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With information flying at us at record speeds, we don’t often get a chance let what we read and hear sink in. Numbers and statistics speak volumes. [ read more ]
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One of the most challenging elements of any poverty alleviation effort is identifying people who are truly ready to change. [ read more ]
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Because sin entered the world, our stories and practices are twisted by its effects, and both individuals and groups are broken and can do evil. [ read more ]
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There are both internal and external causes of relational and material poverty. Systems are broken, and individuals are broken. [ read more ]
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True or False? The story of change in the culture in which we live impacts our intestines. [ read more ]
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How can we fight against destructive formative practices that would keep us stuck in stories of change that aren’t true and don’t work? [ read more ]
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Poverty alleviation is fundamentally about transformation—about walking alongside people and communities who are materially poor [ read more ]